Baseball Hall of Fame
Aug 6 Jim Palmer and Joe Morgan are inducted into Baseball Hall of Fame, Cooperstown, NY
- Aug 8 Baltimore Orioles pull their 10th triple play (1-6-3 vs Oakland)
Baseball Record
Aug 8 Carlton Fisk ties Johnny Bench hitting 327 HRs as a catcher
PGA Championship
Aug 12 PGA Championship Men's Golf, Shoal Creek: Wayne Grady of Australia wins his only major title by 3 strokes from American Fred Couples
- Aug 14 Denver vote for a 1% sales tax to pay for a baseball franchise
Baseball Record
Aug 15 Mark McGwire is 1st to hit 30 HRs in each of his 1st 4 seasons
- Aug 17 Carlton Fisk hits White Sox record 187th HR
Sports History
Aug 17 Phyllis Polander sues Mike Tyson for sexual harassment
- Aug 19 Dodger Jose Offerman hits HR in his 1st at bat
- Aug 20 Gene Michael names NY Yankee VP/GM replacing Harding Peterson
Sports History
Aug 20 George Steinbrenner steps down as NY Yankee owner
- Aug 20 NY Yankee Kevin Maas is quickest to reach 15 HRs (approx 132 at bat)
- Aug 25 Li Hui Rong of China sets triple jump woman's record (47'8½")
Baseball Record
Aug 26 Bo Jackson hits 4th of 4 consecutive HRs
- Aug 27 Brewers-Blue Jays game is delayed 35 minutes due to gnats
Big US Open Upset
Aug 28 #1 seed Stefan Edberg loses in 1st round to Alex Volkov in one of the biggest upsets in U.S. Open history
Baseball Record
Aug 28 Cub's Ryne Sandberg is 1st 2nd baseman to hit 30 HRs, consecutively
Sports History
Aug 31 Baseball outfielders Ken Griffey and Ken Griffey Jr. become the 1st father and son to play on same team (Seattle Mariners), the pair hit back-to-back singles in the first inning and both scored
- Aug 31 Dennis Eckersley saves his 40th game of the season
Baseball Players
Basketball Stars
Boxers
Footballers
NFL Stars
Tennis Champions